Tag: media merger

Reliance Industries and Disney have merged their media assets, including Star India, Viacom18, JioCinema, and Hotstar, in an $8.5 billion deal, creating one of India’s largest entertainment entities. The joint venture combines over 100 TV channels, 30,000 annual hours of…

Former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is expected to become president of Paramount Global after its merger with Skydance Media in 2025. Shell will oversee daily operations alongside Skydance CEO David Ellison, with a focus on transforming Paramount through cost-cutting and…

"Land of the Giants: The Disney Dilemma" podcast series explores Disney's transformation from a modest company in the early 1980s into a media giant after Michael Eisner became CEO in 1984. Eisner revitalized Disney's film division and theme parks, and…

Paramount and Skydance have announced a merger, with Skydance acquiring the Redstone family's majority control of Paramount for $1.75 billion. This deal, pending regulatory approval and a 45-day window for other bids, will give Skydance control over CBS, Paramount+, BET,…